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. >> rose: nobody wants the united states to do that. >> no, i know that! that's why there's a it will bit of disingenuousness of people saying "what must we do?" a no-fly zone. okay, what happens when the syrians shoot at the no-fly zone. what happens when the russians get involved in it's a problem from hell. it'ser the to believe see what's going on. >> is there any answer in terms of somehow a group of countries getting together, neighbors and others, including iran even though that would be very difficult for everybody to come to some kind so soutns because they have the russians, iranians, americans. >> people would have... >>. >> rose: and arabs. >> and iraq. to the extent that it worked it worked because there was one power there. can you imagine a committee of the iranians, the russians, the chinese. and that's my dilemma with it. i don't know how it's going to end. i think this could burn on in different forms for a long time. charlie, step back, what are we seeing? we're seeing two huge political orders crumbling at once. one is called the europe
. >> rose: nobody wants the united states to do that. >> no, i know that! that's why there's a it will bit of disingenuousness of people saying "what must we do?" a no-fly zone. okay, what happens when the syrians shoot at the no-fly zone. what happens when the russians get involved in it's a problem from hell. it'ser the to believe see what's going on. >> is there any answer in terms of somehow a group of countries getting together, neighbors and others, including...
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in the united states. they just announced they have 42 times, not 42%, natural gas in ohio as they thought they did a year ago. i mean, just the drive of the energy sector under a romney administration generates in royalties, in taxes on new jobs and taxes on profits a major step towards the balanced budget. now you've got to control spending. paul ryan would be about as good a vice president as you could get if you wanted to have somebody. i mean, he will know more about the budget than the director of the budget. >> quick comment, and then i've got to go to a break. >> i'm all for exploiting our natural gas. it's incredible bounty. but if we don't do it as a bridge to a cleaner energy future we're going to burn up, choke up, heat up, smoke up and melt up this planet. far faster than even al gore predicts. >> all right. we're going to take a break here. i want to come back and talk a little bit about a big issue as we go into the democratic convention. gender politics. it was certainly big for the republi
in the united states. they just announced they have 42 times, not 42%, natural gas in ohio as they thought they did a year ago. i mean, just the drive of the energy sector under a romney administration generates in royalties, in taxes on new jobs and taxes on profits a major step towards the balanced budget. now you've got to control spending. paul ryan would be about as good a vice president as you could get if you wanted to have somebody. i mean, he will know more about the budget than the...
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the united states does not. alright now in the book you also pick up another really, you know big target of the left, the koch brothers and you've beat them about the head too. for supporting policies that are in their self-interest in making themselves extremely rich. you say they not only control politicians but also even economic think-tanks at george mason university. i believe you saved the cato institute and that they basically been put out a lot of, i don't know if you would call it misinformation and if i'm wrong tell me -- >> guest: that is exactly right. >> host: putting out this information in order to convince the american middle class to act against their best interest. >> guest: you see that over and over and over. that is what happens. >> host: what do you mean? >> guest: you say how wonderful these policies are. is repeated. >> host: low trade and low taxes on the rich and allowing them to keep their profits overseas. >> guest: you hear it over and over, pretty soon people believe the. >> guest:
the united states does not. alright now in the book you also pick up another really, you know big target of the left, the koch brothers and you've beat them about the head too. for supporting policies that are in their self-interest in making themselves extremely rich. you say they not only control politicians but also even economic think-tanks at george mason university. i believe you saved the cato institute and that they basically been put out a lot of, i don't know if you would call it...
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the united states does not. all right, now in the book you also pick up another really, you know, big target of the left. the cole brothers. and you beat them about the head, too. -- koch brothers. for supporting policies that are in their self interest and making themselves extremely rich. you say they not only control politicians it also even economic think tank at george mason university. i believe you say the cato institute, and that they basically been put out a lot of, i don't know if you've got disinformation. if i'm wrong, tommy -- >> that's exactly what it is. >> in order to convince the american class to act against their best interest. >> you do that over and over and over, that's what happens. >> what do you mean? >> well, say how wonderful these policies are, when it's repeated -- >> free trade and low taxes on the ridge and allowing people to keep their profits overseas. >> you hear it over and over and over, pretty soon people believe it. >> one of examples we cite in the book that they engaged in
the united states does not. all right, now in the book you also pick up another really, you know, big target of the left. the cole brothers. and you beat them about the head, too. -- koch brothers. for supporting policies that are in their self interest and making themselves extremely rich. you say they not only control politicians it also even economic think tank at george mason university. i believe you say the cato institute, and that they basically been put out a lot of, i don't know if...
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. >> first lady of the united states, the most popular women in the country. more popular than her husband. certainly more popular than anybody else in this room right now, judy. >> woodruff: i think by far, gwen, the woman who knows the president of the united states better than anyone in 22-23-minute speech, it was a blend of the personal, the biographical, the political, the inspirational, and a call to arms. making almost a plea at the end there to people to recognize that they need to go out and work to get her husband elected for this country to move ahead and do what it can do and be what it can be. >> she is more in love with her house now than four years ago and probably hoping everybody in this room and outside this room was more in love as well. >> you're right. i think it was a genius speech, true genius. it was sophisticate sophisticate without ever once mentioning mitt romney's name, she drew a stark, graphic, dramatic contrast between the two lives. she basically said, quoting-- without quoting barry swisser, the great oklahoma university coach,
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guys, you know how close we are to the united states, one more situation like this, the united states will pull out. these countries are in real danger, bob, of falling behind exponentially in this globalized world today. un, there's a saying in environmentalism that really applies to them-- we have exactly enough time starting now. people talk about climate change. they have exactly enough time starting now to get into the modern world, and to spend another decade with islam-- islam is a great and glorious faith but it is not the answer it their development issues today. >> schieffer: mr. ind. >mr. indyk, doyou think assad in he survive? >> it's very difficult to see how he can survive. he's lost all legitimacy. he's basically in a situation of kill or be killed, and upwards of 30,000 syrians already dead, i think we see what choice he's made here. there's no way back from that situation. i do think that the administration could have been more actively engaged with the opposition earlier on, the kinds of things that we're trying to do now in terms of finding out who the opposition is
guys, you know how close we are to the united states, one more situation like this, the united states will pull out. these countries are in real danger, bob, of falling behind exponentially in this globalized world today. un, there's a saying in environmentalism that really applies to them-- we have exactly enough time starting now. people talk about climate change. they have exactly enough time starting now to get into the modern world, and to spend another decade with islam-- islam is a great...
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. >> i am honored to accept your nomination for president of the united states. wait. this is not my speech! prompter guy can we pull up my speech, please? this is awkward. >> you see this platform is a clear choice. between economic pathways forward or back, inclusion or exclusion, grow together as a nation or be a country of savage disparity that's favor the fortunate few. over the greatest driving force of any economy. a large and robust middle class. >> this nation has been through hard times. but those hard times have hardened our resolve. i'm ready to do the difficult work for a second. i want to do that work with barack obama and not a tea party i'd hola log. we can move america forward but we can only do it together. >> republicans tell us that in the most prosperus among us do even better that somehow, the rest of us will, too. folks... we've heard that before. first they called it trickle down. they called it fly side. now it's romney ryan or is it ryan romney. either way, it's been tested. it failed. the economy failed. middle class paid the price, mitt romn
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states. however good it is for his image internationally. so he did the absolute minimum and then he got out of town. >> greta: after the prime minister netanyahu gives his speech and goes back to israel, map out what you think will happen in the next couple weeks, if anything. >> well, i don't know. i don't necessarily think there's going to be anything spectacular before our election. i think israel understands that the only thing between iran and nuclear weapons as long as obama is president is the possibility of an israeli military strike. i think israel's decision one way or another on what to do will be based on physics and not politics. they will look at the iranian program and wait as long as they can, but they won't wait beyond that point. i think that has nothing to do with our electoral calendar. >> greta: and the variable here, of course, is the intelligence. how much time is there and, you know, we simply don't know. >> no. i think israel -- >> greta: it's been bad before, at lea
states. however good it is for his image internationally. so he did the absolute minimum and then he got out of town. >> greta: after the prime minister netanyahu gives his speech and goes back to israel, map out what you think will happen in the next couple weeks, if anything. >> well, i don't know. i don't necessarily think there's going to be anything spectacular before our election. i think israel understands that the only thing between iran and nuclear weapons as long as obama...
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barack obama was elect the president of the united states. over the past 3 and a half years the blatant left wing bias and mainstream media has only gotten worse. the slanted reporting in the 2012 race it may be the most pathetic to date. >> they pretend to be unbiassed journalists. >> what do you think of the republican criticism that the white house is criticizing it? >> those can no longer despise their bias. >> this will be the single most important election in our lifetime. >> the need for the american people to have the truth in front of them has never been greater. when the media are going out of their way to decembistort an eln in order to advance one party, then they are doing a tremendous disservice to the american people, they are doing a tremendous disservice to history. >> you just don't have to take our word for it. they are being admitted openly. >> i think the press likes this story a lot. they are susceptible to doing what the obama campaign wants. >> i thought the media helped tip the scales. i didn't think the coverage was
barack obama was elect the president of the united states. over the past 3 and a half years the blatant left wing bias and mainstream media has only gotten worse. the slanted reporting in the 2012 race it may be the most pathetic to date. >> they pretend to be unbiassed journalists. >> what do you think of the republican criticism that the white house is criticizing it? >> those can no longer despise their bias. >> this will be the single most important election in our...
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barack obama was elect the president of the united states. over the past 3 and a half years the blatant left wing bias and mainstream media has only gotten worse. the slanted reporting in the 2012 race it may be the most pathetic to date. >> they pretend to be unbiassed journalists. >> what do you think of the republican criticism that the white house is criticizing it? >> those can no longer despise their bias. >> this will be the single most important election in our lifetime. >> the need for the american people to have the truth in front of them has never been greater. when the media are going out of their way to decembistort an eln in order to advance one party, then they are doing a tremendous disservice to the american people, they are doing a tremendous disservice to history. >> you just don't have to take our word for it. they are being admitted openly. >> i think the press likes this story a lot. they are susceptible to doing what the obama campaign wants. >> i thought the media helped tip the scales. i didn't think the coverage was
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chairman and nomination for presideent of the united states. >> this week on "inside waington," the grand old party makes itfficial. >> joined mitt romney and me. let's s give this effort everything we have. >> a look at the supporting cast. >> this man ll not let us down. >> tonight, i saenough. hope and change has become divide and conquer. >> when somebody does not do their job, w've got to let them go. >> where does this party go from here? >> over the long haul republicans need to be more respecectful of voters they are trying t to attract >> the 2012 republican national convention in tampa serve up no surprises except perhaps for clint etwoo's rambling performance in the key 10:00 hour thursday night but conventions rarely do surprises anymore. this was mittt romney's major opportunity to sell themselves to the american people. >> in america, we we do not apopologize for success. what america needs is jobs -- lots of jobs. you knowhere is something wrong with the kind of job he has done as president withh whe best feeling you hadas the day you voted for him. >> ok, you were in tampa
chairman and nomination for presideent of the united states. >> this week on "inside waington," the grand old party makes itfficial. >> joined mitt romney and me. let's s give this effort everything we have. >> a look at the supporting cast. >> this man ll not let us down. >> tonight, i saenough. hope and change has become divide and conquer. >> when somebody does not do their job, w've got to let them go. >> where does this party go from...
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>> i say it's always fun to hear the first lady of the united states speak. and tonight is no different. fun to hear from whether mrs. bush or mrs. obama. it's fun for everybody. >> absolutely. because you get to hear the personal stuff. you get to go inside of the white house and go up to the second floor of the white house where the family lives and learn a little bit more about the family. i think it's great having three daughters they do everything possible to make sure their daughters have a live of their own. so it's a fabulous speech. she hit a home run. we ran up the score on this one. and we still have tomorrow and thursday to go. so it's been a great convention so far. >> congressman, thank you sir. >> thank you very much. >> and coming up utah congressman and republican jason chaffin. why is he here tonight? well, he is hear to tell you next the g.o.p. possibly made its ticket official but republicans what are they doing? behind the scenes there is more live coverage coming up including our famous political panel. it's late but you don't want to mi
>> i say it's always fun to hear the first lady of the united states speak. and tonight is no different. fun to hear from whether mrs. bush or mrs. obama. it's fun for everybody. >> absolutely. because you get to hear the personal stuff. you get to go inside of the white house and go up to the second floor of the white house where the family lives and learn a little bit more about the family. i think it's great having three daughters they do everything possible to make sure their...
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barack obama was elect the president of the united states. over the past 3 and a half years the blatant left wing bias and mainstream media has only gotten worse. the slanted reporting in the 2012 race it may be the most pathetic to date. >> they pretend to be unbiassed journalists. >> what do you think of the republican criticism that the white house is criticizing it? >> those can no longer despise their bias. >> this will be the single most important election in our lifetime. >> the need for the american people to have the truth in front of them has never been greater. when the media are going out of their way to decembistort an eln in order to advance one party, then they are doing a tremendous disservice to the american people, they are doing a tremendous disservice to history. >> you just don't have to take our word for it. they are being admitted openly. >> i think the press likes this story a lot. they are susceptible to doing what the obama campaign wants. >> i thought the media helped tip the scales. i didn't think the coverage was
barack obama was elect the president of the united states. over the past 3 and a half years the blatant left wing bias and mainstream media has only gotten worse. the slanted reporting in the 2012 race it may be the most pathetic to date. >> they pretend to be unbiassed journalists. >> what do you think of the republican criticism that the white house is criticizing it? >> those can no longer despise their bias. >> this will be the single most important election in our...
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view the united states. they view us as a partner. they view us as somebody they want to work with. they view president obama as somebody they trust. our standing in the world is much stronger so it charge of weakness is really quite baseless. >> schieffer: do you think mitt romney spoke inappropriately when he criticized and issued a statement so early in this turmoil? >> bob, i think you know, in my role, i'm not going to jump into politics and make those judgments. that's for the american people to decide. >> schieffer: madam ambassador thank you for being with us. >> thank you very much. >> schieffer: and joining us now for his take on all this, the ranking republican on the senate armed services committee, john mccain. senator, you've got to help me out here. the president of libya says that this was something that had been in the works for two months, this attack. he blames it on al qaeda. susan rice says that the state department thinks it is some sort of a spontaneous event. what do you make of it? >
view the united states. they view us as a partner. they view us as somebody they want to work with. they view president obama as somebody they trust. our standing in the world is much stronger so it charge of weakness is really quite baseless. >> schieffer: do you think mitt romney spoke inappropriately when he criticized and issued a statement so early in this turmoil? >> bob, i think you know, in my role, i'm not going to jump into politics and make those judgments. that's for the...
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the state department spokeswoman said, yes, egypt is a non-nato ally with the united states so this mixed message today put the president a little bit on defense after he had mitt romney on defense on the middle east issue. what the president is trying to do in come come was to start them off with a serious note and, again, reiterating that the killers of the four americans was brought do justice. listen to the president. >> i want people around the world to hear me, to all those who would do us harm, no act of terror will go unpunished, it will not dim the lights of the value that we proudly present to the rest of the world, no act of violence shakes the resolve of the united states of america. but pressure on the president as you see the violent protests spread to other countries like yemen where the u.s. embassy was stormed today with pressure to cut off the over $1 billion a year if aid that goes to egypt but, today, white house officials are saying the president has for plans to cut off that aid. >> thank you, ed. to the hill, a look at the house floor, minutes away from voting on wh
the state department spokeswoman said, yes, egypt is a non-nato ally with the united states so this mixed message today put the president a little bit on defense after he had mitt romney on defense on the middle east issue. what the president is trying to do in come come was to start them off with a serious note and, again, reiterating that the killers of the four americans was brought do justice. listen to the president. >> i want people around the world to hear me, to all those who...
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may god bless the united states of america. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm john quinones. we'll be right back. w to make t. so, why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. 20 million men already have. ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain; it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach, and abnormal vision. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours. stop taking viagra and call your doctor right away if you experience a sudden decrease or loss in vision or hearing. this is the age of taking action. viagra. talk to your doctor. nothing complicated about a pair of 10 inch hose clamp pliers. you know what's complicated? shipping. shipping's complicated. not really. with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service shipping's easy. if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. that's not complicated. no. come on. how about... a ha
may god bless the united states of america. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm john quinones. we'll be right back. w to make t. so, why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. 20 million men already have. ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain; it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach, and abnormal vision. to...
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may god bless the united states of america. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm john quinones. we'll be right back. w to make t. so, why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. 20 million men already have. ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain; it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach, and abnormal vision. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours. stop taking viagra and call your doctor right away if you experience a sudden decrease or loss in vision or hearing. this is the age of taking action.
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i'm president of the united states. >> that's right. there was a sort of put up or shut up moment there, too, that was right around that time when he started talking about foreign policy. and mitt romney going over to england for instance. the mention of beijing and how are you going to negotiate with beijing when you can't visit an olympics without insulting our greatest ally, the united kingdom there. >> they also reestablished the special relationship. you notice that? he reestablished england as our best ally. former president bill clinton was filled with great moments. he pounded republicans with a pointed substantive speech. let's watch a bit of big bill. >> they want to go back to the same old policies that got us in trouble in the first place. they want to cut taxes for high income americans even more than president bush did. they want to get rid of the pesy financial regulations to prohibit future bailouts. as a president once said, there they go again. >> did you like that, mr. reagan? >> yes, i liked that a lot. bill clinton
i'm president of the united states. >> that's right. there was a sort of put up or shut up moment there, too, that was right around that time when he started talking about foreign policy. and mitt romney going over to england for instance. the mention of beijing and how are you going to negotiate with beijing when you can't visit an olympics without insulting our greatest ally, the united kingdom there. >> they also reestablished the special relationship. you notice that? he...
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states, united kingdom and ireland. fighting continues in syria and tensions escalate in iran's nuclear program. we also have watched violent attacks on u.s. embassies in arab countries. sau arabia is theeading player inhe regon that is experiencing an uncertain future. i'm pleased to have for instance turki al-faisal back on this program. welcome. >> thank you, it's a pleasure to be here and a privilege. >> let me talk about syria. what worries you about syria? >> may i take this opportunity first to tell you, charlie, that the kingdom's 80th birthday would take place four days from now? and according to the greg born calendar. according to the other calendar it will be 82 years ol and throughout these0 some years that we have had our kingdom everybody keeps talking about anen certain future for the kingdom. and because of the sagacity of the people of saudi arabia and the good will of the leadership and the government we have survived pretty well so far. we have many problems to face, including syria. many challenges
states, united kingdom and ireland. fighting continues in syria and tensions escalate in iran's nuclear program. we also have watched violent attacks on u.s. embassies in arab countries. sau arabia is theeading player inhe regon that is experiencing an uncertain future. i'm pleased to have for instance turki al-faisal back on this program. welcome. >> thank you, it's a pleasure to be here and a privilege. >> let me talk about syria. what worries you about syria? >> may i take...
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thank you, god bless you, and god bless the united states of america. [cheers and applause] ♪ >> ♪ sun coming up over new york city school bus driver in a traffic jam staring at her rearview mirror looking at the promise of the promised land one kid dreams of fame and fortune one kid needs to pay the rent one could end up going to prison one might be president only in america dream of the red, white, and blue only in america we keep going on through we all have a chance everybody gets a chance only in america only in america he lives in the back of a limousine well, -- a welder's son and a banker's daughter all they want is everything he came out here -- she came up here to be an actress he was the singer and a band -- in a band they went to oklahoma ♪ [song changes] ♪ [cheers and applause] [song changes] ♪ [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> watch gavel-to-gavel coverage of the democratic convention from charlotte, n.c.. every minute, every speech, live here on c-span. next, mitt romney campaigning in ohio. after that, president ob
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states. they make up a whopping 126 electoral votes. given this, it's perhaps totally not that surprising at all that president obama has been campaigning in new hampshire, iowa and florida since friday. in the same period, governor romney has hit iowa, new hampshire, virginia and travels to ohio today. as a backgrounder, in 2008, president obama won all of these states in contention. this year, polling in key tossup states is making the romney campaign very, very nervous, especially in ohio. leading up to the conventions, president obama held a six-point lead in the state. but the romney campaign tells politico their internal polling since then has shown as much as a nine-point gap in the buckeye state. this comes as voters in many key swing states are already heading to the polls or will be shortly. early voelgts in north carolina began by mail-in ballot last thursday. late next week early voting begins in wisconsin, michigan, new hampshire and virginia. ballot boxes open in iowa the week a
states. they make up a whopping 126 electoral votes. given this, it's perhaps totally not that surprising at all that president obama has been campaigning in new hampshire, iowa and florida since friday. in the same period, governor romney has hit iowa, new hampshire, virginia and travels to ohio today. as a backgrounder, in 2008, president obama won all of these states in contention. this year, polling in key tossup states is making the romney campaign very, very nervous, especially in ohio....